WRC News Matton: WRC will come out of crisis stronger than ever FIA rally director Yves Matton is confident the World Rally Championship will emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as a stronger and more collaborative series. Matton… Read more by David Evans April 15, 2020 5 min
WRC News Pirelli 2021 development at standstill during lockdown All development on Pirelli’s 2021 World Rally Championship tyres has stopped – and nobody knows when work on the rubber bound for the world’s fastest… Read more by David Evans April 15, 2020 3 min
WRC News Sainz thanking “heroes” of COVID-19 fight on social media Through the ongoing coronavirus crisis, two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz is thanking healthcare workers – people he has described as ‘real heroes’ – on… Read more by David Evans April 14, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Opinion Why test shutdown gives Toyota a huge 2021 problem World Rally Car testing is – understandably – banned by the FIA at present. But one team could be doing some running given where it’s… Read more by David Evans April 14, 2020 5 min
WRC Features Relive the 1995 WRC season with DirtFish In the absence of any movement in the 2020 World Rally Championship, DirtFish is going to whizz you back 25 years to a season we… Read more by David Evans April 14, 2020 5 min
WRC Features What Jolly Club meant to the WRC The fact that Jolly Club never brought a Totip-liveried car to the RAC Rally only served to further my enthusiasm for a team about which… Read more by David Evans April 13, 2020 5 min
Rally News Hyundai creating bespoke Irish set-up for R5 car Hyundai Motorsport has targeted the Irish market with a specific i20 R5 set-up designed to get the best out of the country’s changeable asphalt conditions…. Read more by David Evans April 12, 2020 2 min
WRC Features Mario Isola: Life on the COVID-19 battle frontline It’s 7pm and the streets of Milan are quiet. Lombardy’s quiet. Italy’s quiet. Coronavirus has brought the sound of silence to a place where life… Read more by David Evans April 12, 2020 5 min
WRC News Ogier fears for 2020’s flyaway rallies World Rally Championship leader Sébastien Ogier has admitted he fears for the immediate future of this year’s long-haul events in the wake of COVID-19. With… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2020 3 min
WRC News “Radical” Rally GB plans put on hold by COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic has hit Wales Rally GB’s hopes of running a “more radical” route at the end of October. The final European round of… Read more by David Evans April 11, 2020 3 min
WRC Features How “immersive” Esports can reflect real rallying The Solberg World Cup starts next week. Excited? Yeah, so are we. Colin? Less so. Colin is, of course, DirtFish’s very own voice of rallying… Read more by David Evans April 10, 2020 3 min
WRC News FIA introduces temporary WRC testing ban The FIA has suspended World Rally Championship manufacturer teams from testing of any kind until May 31 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The World Motor… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2020 2 min
WRC News Great fights and green fingers – Elena’s lockdown guide Gardening, McRae, Burns and some special words. Those are some of the key ingredients for nine-time World Rally Champion co-driver Daniel Elena getting through the… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2020 5 min
WRC Opinion David Evans: Why I voted for Tänak over Alén Markku Alén has always been one of my absolute heroes. Always. I loved his skill, swagger and style. Who knew a two-eyed balaclava, full-face Marlboro-stickered… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2020 3 min
WRC Features Coming up on DirtFish… Phase one complete. Actually, we’re a couple of phases in. If DirtFish wasn’t the world’s most exciting website and it was, in fact, a rocket… Read more by David Evans April 8, 2020 3 min
WRC News M-Sport boss wants WRC format flexibility amid crisis With three rounds of the World Rally Championship already postponed and a fourth delay coming imminently, a 10-round second half of the season means the… Read more by David Evans April 7, 2020 3 min
WRC News WRC engine allowance set to be reduced in 2022 The World Rally Championship’s 2022 new dawn is set to deliver radically revised engine-use regulations as the FIA seeks to drive down the costs of… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2020 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä feedback “10 years” ahead of Toyota expectations World Rally Championship sensation Kalle Rovanperä is a decade further on in terms of development and driver feedback than the Toyota Gazoo Racing thought he… Read more by David Evans April 6, 2020 3 min
